NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC78DA081
Registry · N1EC
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BOEING A75N1(PT17)
Engine
P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19981006
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A00069
Registrant of record
CHERRY DOUGLAS E
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Historical record (pre-1982)
NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.
Aircraft
CESSNA 411 · N1EC
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
Z
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Serial number
000004110094
Total time
3,107 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,200
Age
26
Investigator remarks
INJURY INDEX AND DAMAGE PRESUMED.
Cause factors
- 84/A/I A MISCELLANEOUS UNDETERMINED Cause — pilot/personnel action
Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
3 4009.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_4009.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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